Pub. L. 100-463, tit. VIII, sec. 8126

Sec. 8126. The Secretary of Defense shall take such action as may be necessary to implement at the earliest practicable date and with funds provided for such purpose under the heading “Army Stock Fund” in title V of this Act, the program proposed by the Department of Defense in a letter, dated August 30, 1985, from the Assist-ant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Logistics to rehabilitate and convert current steam generating plants at defense facilities in order to achieve a coal consumption target of 1,600,000 short tons of coal per year (including at least 300,000 short tons of anthracite coal) above current consumption levels at Department of Defense facilities in the United States by fiscal year 1994: Provided, That such action shall be subject to use of only the most cost-effective fuel system in the construction of new plants or the conversion of existing plants; however, this cost-effectiveness requirement is not applicable to a comparison between bituminous and anthracite coal: 102 STAT. 2270–44 Provided further, That the requirement to purchase 300,000 short tons of anthracite coal expressed in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988, section 8113, must be complied with: Provided further, That, if the Department does not execute contracts to purchase the anthracite coal mandated in the fiscal year 1988 Defense Appropriations Act by September 30, 1988, it shall use such funds as are necessary from appropriations made available in this Act to complete this purchase.